Chapter 15
I knew I shouldn't have let Maja go and confront Krux on her own, and I knew it was my fault for having her do that. It made me feel very guilty as we proceeded through the second and third set of ruins, our group having Neal tag along in one way or another, mainly from him continuing to fall into the exit of the ruins we were exploring and being completely fine afterwards, laughing off the long fall like it was nothing.
"How is this guy alive after falling three times into three different ruins? Is he made of rubber?" Maja asked me in confusion.
"I honestly don't know myself," I said, though both of us still had faces of regret to show each other. We continued to raise the third set of ruins before disembarking from them, us hearing and feeling the sand quake around us before something enormous popped out of the ground. It was the giant Krawl that Maja was warning us about!
"What the?! T-That is a Krawl, right?" Jeena gawked with fear.
"It definitely is. Krux must've awoken it after I fled!" Maja said in shock.
"Speedy too. Just our luck," Jeena gawked as the giant Krawl then swam through the sand and towards the southwest.
"That must be the Legendary Krawl that caused Menehat to turn into this barren wasteland in ancient times! The Pit of Ruin, you know, that large crater? It was actually caused when that Krawl fell to this planet eons ago!" Neal said in surprise.
"We gotta warn Dyrus and his workers! If that Krawl decides to attack, it would completely level their base camp! Let's go!" Maja said as she took the lead and we followed after her to the northwest, entering the camp and the one in charge of the gate looking confused at us coming back, but more confused at Maja.
"Whoa, whoa, what's the hurry and who's the purple chick?" the guy asked.
"You need to close this gate up and rally everyone to get away from this camp! A gigantic fish-like Krawl has been released and if he wants to attack, he's going to destroy everything and everyone in this entire camp!" Jeena said with seriousness.
"I-I can't! We have to get clearance from Dyrus to do anything!" the guy said.
"The very least you can do is close up the gate! We'll handle Dyrus, just keep this gate closed and your workers inside!" Maja exclaimed.
"Yikes! Okay, I'm closing it!" he gawked as he then closed up the gate and we proceeded to Dyrus with Maja leading, her approaching Dyrus with concern.
"Whoa, who are you and what's the rush?... And why the purple skin?" Dyrus asked.
"There's a gigantic Krawl that appeared out of nowhere! You need to evacuate your workers before that monster kills every last one of them!" Maja said.
"Hah! No can do, missy-moo-moo! I'm running a multimillionaire business here! If we stopped working for even one day, our profits would take a serious toll!" Dyrus said, me, Jeena, and Maja gasping at his insolence.
"You stupid, bullheaded son of a bitch!" Maja exclaimed as she slapped him across the face, Dyrus gasping at that as Maja growled lowly. "That Krawl won't just destroy your workers, but he'll also destroy all of your equipment! And if that happens, you won't have any business and you'll be either dead from that monster or we will make sure that you pay for all the workers that you had killed that you could've saved!" Maja snarled at him.
"You... you hit me..." Dyrus gawked.
"Forget it, we're wasting our time talking to a rich, pompous, idiotic jackass like you! Come on, we're going to go after that Krawl. In the meantime, you keep all of your workers in the camp and keep the gate locked up tight! If you can't even manage to do that, then you're the most pathetic person in the entire universe! Even worse than Cyrus!" I growled at him lowly, Dyrus glaring at me when I said Cyrus.
"You mean my idiot cousin that suddenly ditched me and disappeared through a portal?! How do you know him?" Dyrus asked with a growl.
"Know him? We had to fetch a freaking diamond for him in a poisonous mountain cave before he would help us! And that's the only bad thing he's done! He's helped us more than you have and you're saying you'd rather think about your worthless cash than all the lives and crimes you're pulling by not putting your workers' safety first!" Jeena exclaimed at him as well. "Come on, let's just leave this rich boy alone. He's obviously not going to budge, even when threatened with jail time," Jeena growled as we stormed off of the place and back to the gate to find Neal, him looking concerned about our angry faces.
"He said no, didn't he?" Neal asked.
"No shit," Maja growled.
"Peh, I'm not surprised. That's the kind of man he is," the gatekeeper said.
"What I'm more pressed in wondering is how the hell we're going to take out a Krawl of that massive a size?" I asked with seriousness in my voice.
"I have an idea! Maybe the ruins will hold the answers!" Neal said, that peaking our interest. "According to the legend, the ancient Spectrobe Masters used a Legendary secret weapon to combat the giant Krawl. And I bet anything that it's connected to the 7 Sealed Ruins!" Neal said with a smile.
"Okay then. Gatekeeper, keep the gate closed and don't let anyone leave the campsite. We'll take care of that giant Krawl before it can hurt this place," I said to him.
"Got it. But keep a look out for the three troublemakers? Their names are Zig, Beht, and Gorrik. They wanted to search for buried treasure in the desert and may not have got the message," the gatekeeper said.
"Got it, we'll keep an eye out for them. After all, they keep on trying to find the ruins along with us," I said as Maja then helped carry me, Neal, and Jeena over the gate and into the desert itself. And once we did so, my child form in a brand new Ukabi immediately sniffed the air and started to lead us to the south.
"I think he's showing us the way. Come on, let's follow him!" Jeena said, us following Ukabi to the next set of ruins.